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Airtel Africa’s AI-powered service flags 205m messages in six months

Airtel Africa’s AI-powered spam detection service, Spam Alert, has successfully identified and flagged over 205 million spam SMS messages in just six months across 13 of its 14 active markets. The service, provided free of charge to all Airtel subscribers, automatically detects suspicious SMS messages and prefixes them with “SPAM ALERT” in real-time, eliminating the […]

Startups

Google supports African startups, varsities with $9m fund, AI tools

Google has reaffirmed its commitment to Africa, unveiling new subsea cable connectivity hubs, a $9 million fund, and Artificial Intelligence tools for students. The tech giant is building on nearly two decades of partnership with infrastructure, learning, and innovation announcements. Four strategic subsea cable connectivity hubs will be established in the north, south, east, and […]

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I’m not here to replace humans, says Albania’s AI minister

Albania’s AI-generated minister, Diella, addressed parliament for the first time on Thursday, defending its role as “not here to replace people, but to help them.” Diella, which translates to “sun” in Albanian, was appointed as the world’s first AI government minister last week by Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama. In a video appearance, Diella, dressed […]

Conferences

10th FATE business conference to showcase AI innovations

The FATE Foundation has announced plans to hold the 10th FATE Business Conference, themed “The AI Powered Business,” on September 26, 2025, at the Balmoral Convention Center in Lagos. The conference aims to explore the transformative power of Artificial Intelligence in driving business growth, innovation, and sustainability. According to the foundation, the event will feature […]

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Albania appoints world’s first AI minister to curb corruption

Albania has made history by becoming the first country in the world to appoint an artificial intelligence–powered minister. It is a fully virtual officeholder created with pixels, code and machine intelligence. Named Diella — meaning “sunshine” in Albanian — the digital minister will take charge of all public procurement, Prime Minister Edi Rama announced on […]

Oil and Gas

NLNG embraces AI to boost safety, efficiency in operations

Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited has highlighted the transformative role of Artificial Intelligence in enhancing operational efficiency, safety, and productivity across its vast gas infrastructure. The Deputy Managing Director, NLNG, Mr Olakunle Osobu, disclosed this while addressing a global audience of more than 50,000 participants from 150 countries in a panel session at the ongoing […]

Technology

Nigerian students increasingly depending on AI for assistance — Google

Google Search trend data revealed, on Tuesday, that, as schools reopen throughout Nigeria, students are turning to artificial intelligence with increasing frequency to aid in their studies. Google reported a significant increase of over 200 percent in searches that combine “AI + studying” compared to 2024. This indicates that learners are not just interested in […]

Business

Zoho launches AI agents for businesses

A global technology company, Zoho, has launched Zia LLM—the company’s proprietary large language model, a no-code agent builder, Zip Agents Studio, with over 25 deployable Zip agents and a Model Context Protocol to open up Zoho’s vast library of actions to third-party agents. “Today’s announcement emphasises Zoho’s longstanding aim to build foundational technology focused on […]

Technology

AI cannot replace human reporters in NASS, clerk declares

The clerk to the National Assembly, Kamoru Ogunlana, says Hansard (verbatim) reporters have indispensable roles in legislative proceedings, despite rapid advancements in artificial intelligence and transcription technologies. Mr Ogunlana made the assertion on Tuesday at the Annual National Delegates Conference of the Association of Hansard/Verbatim Reporters of Nigeria, held at the National Assembly in Abuja. […]

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PHOTOS: Sanwo-Olu delivers keynote address at GITEX Nigeria AI summit

Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has delivered a keynote address at the inaugural GITEX Nigeria Government Leadership and AI Summit at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. In a post on his official X handle, the Governor highlighted how technology and artificial intelligence can transform governance in Nigeria, while also sharing insights from the progress Lagos State has […]